Dividend Voucher PDFs & Accounting Fixes

Dividend Voucher PDFs

You can now download a professional dividend voucher as a PDF directly from the API. Each voucher is designed to be HMRC-ready and audit-friendly.

• Board Resolution Reference — every voucher includes a traceable reference linking it to the board minutes that authorised the dividend, making inspections straightforward.
• Per-share calculation — shows dividend per share and number of shares held, ready for multi-shareholder companies. A footnote clarifies the per-share figure is rounded down for display and the total dividend amount is authoritative.
• Verification ID — a deterministic hash printed on each voucher for document authenticity checks. Regenerating the same voucher always produces the same ID.
• PAID watermark — paid dividends display a subtle diagonal watermark behind the content, providing instant visual confirmation of payment status.
• Dynamic date labelling — the metadata header shows “Date Declared” or “Date Paid” depending on the dividend’s status, removing ambiguity.
• Companies Act signatures — signature blocks use “Authorised Director” and “Shareholder Acknowledgement” wording for legal compliance, anchored at the foot of the page with generous space for signing.
• Machine-readable metadata — PDF keywords include voucher number, company number, and resolution reference, making vouchers searchable in document management systems.

Bug Fixes

• Retained earnings calculation — profit sufficiency checks now correctly calculate retained earnings using proper double-entry sign conventions. Previously, profits could show as negative, preventing valid dividend declarations.
• Corrupted PDF downloads — voucher PDFs were being silently corrupted by the response pipeline before reaching the browser. The serialisation, caching, and logging layers now detect binary content types and pass them through untouched. Downloads produce valid, single-page documents that open correctly in all standard PDF viewers.
• Two-page overflow — the voucher layout engine now uses dynamic vertical positioning rather than fixed offsets, ensuring consistent single-page output regardless of how many payment breakdown rows appear.
• Account seeding — the migration for new dividend-related accounts now uses the correct schema, ensuring accounts are created reliably for all limited company tenants.